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News from the members areaThe bulletin board currently contains 10011 entries. The last topics were

   13.11.2026 Continental Schreibmaschine (updated)
   13.11.2026 Schreibmaschinen-Recycling mal anders (updated)
   12.11.2026 Zähl-Zubehör-Teil für Schreibmaschinen zum Abgeben oder Entsorgen? (updated)

The calculator encyclopedia currently contains 2796 entries. The latest are

   12.11.2026 TEC AM 601, Tokio Electric Company
   12.11.2026 Jaguar K 5, Maruzen Sewing Machine Co
   12.11.2026 General Mod. 67, General-Gilbert Co, New York

The typewriter encyclopedia currently contains 2492 entries. The latest are

   13.11.2026 Omega Lux (= Maritsa 1300), Typewriter Works
   13.11.2026 Omega 1300-F (= Maritsa 1300), Typewriter Works
   13.11.2026 Omega Mini (= Maritsa 30), Typewriter Works

26.10.2026
New: HBw-Aktuell 10/2026

This issue contains:

  • Collectors' Meeting in Ansbach on September 26, 2026
  • A Weekend Among Like-Minded People
  • Museum Night at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum on August 29, 2026
  • Report from the Workshops
  • Manufacturer Wanted ...
  • The Beauty of Numbers (continued from HBw-Aktuell 09/2026)
  • Cheat sheet for engineers from the 1960s

22.09.2026
New: HBw-Aktuell 09/2026

This issue contains:

  • "Gul Addo – Smidig, Djärv och Effektiv"
  • The Beauty of Numbers
  • Collectors’ Meeting in Cologne - A Look Back at September 12, 2026
  • Interesting electronic desktop calculator with punch cards: Canola 164P
  • Caracas, March 20, 1950
  • A day full of historic typewriters and office machines -
    Middle school students took a trip back in time
  • Interesting New Addition to the Library

31.08.2026
Historische Bürowelt No. 145 / September 2026

This issue contains

  • Roger's inking ribbon adventures
  • The Typo miniature typewriter with type-disc - a patent product from Dresden!
  • Scribola - the "Smart" among adding machines
  • On the dating of the early Empire and Adler typewriters
  • The Pohl-Goldschmidt Cabinet of Art and Curiosities:
    Valuable Mathematical and Scientific Instruments and Treasures of the Renaissance - Part 1
  • New discoveries on old Malling-Hansen typewriters
English versions of these articles can be found in the members area.

25.08.2026
New: HBw-Aktuell 07+08/2026

This issue contains:

  • Areas of Interest Updated in the Member Directory
  • 100th Northern German Collectors’ Meeting in Stuhr
  • Dealing with Nazi Symbols on Office Machines
  • Greek Telephone Museum in Athens
  • What do cigar bow ties have to do with office machines?
  • Model of a Switching-Cam-Lobe-Type Calculator

07.07.2026
New: HBw-Aktuell 06/2026

This issue contains:

  • 14th International IFHB Collectors’ Meeting in Parcines
  • Second Bielefeld Collectors’ Meeting
  • A Ducati Sparks a Collectors’ Meet on May 31, 2026
  • Friden Specialist from Swabia
  • Visit to František Hubař’s New Typewriter Museum
  • Creative Market—Exciting Public Outreach!

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